Decretals
Britishplural noun
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Decretals, cap. x, De Hæreticis, lib. v, tit. vii.
From The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church by Bertrand L. (Bertrand Louis) Conway
The Clementine Constitutions of 1460 were reprinted, and similar editions were issued of the Institutes and Codex of Justinian, Decretals of Pope Gregory IX, etc.
From Fine Books by Alfred W. (Alfred William) Pollard
When Luther had the Decretals publicly burnt at Wittemberg, the insult was designed for the pope, rather than as a condemnation of the canon law itself.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Isaac Disraeli
The promises, true and legendary, of Pippin, and the spurious donation of Constantine, had still further extension in the False Decretals.
From The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 by William Holden Hutton
The motives of the author of the Forged Decretals and his extraordinary success are rendered more intelligible by it.
From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Sir Henry Sumner Maine
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